SAW-style Sponsons for 30" or so hydros

[jimi911]

Is anyone making saw-style sponsons for sale?

 

[hugh hargett]

Whats a "S.A.W. sponson" ?

 

[gil sonsino]

Sponson for straightway races.

 

[shoboat]

Jimi,

Easy to do out of lightweight contest balsa wood.

Go Fast And Straight Like Gill,

Mark Sholund

 

[hugh hargett]

No Gil I mean whats special about the design do they have a narrower ski's or something? thats what I meant.

 

[jimi911]

I was sorta hoping for some carbon fiber ones ... seems to be tricky to find and my plug building skills are suspect at best. I'll keep looking

 

[Charles Perdue]

Check out the Hobby King link. they have some really nice looking airplane floats on their site. Would not take much to adapt.....http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14458

 

[RodneyPierce]

Charles, that leads us to the micro servo.

 

[Charles Perdue]

Click on planes and then repair parts.....

 

[hugh hargett]

Lower AoA no turn fin

Oh okay understood.

I have a goal of 90 mph what could i do to make these more stable in a saw enviroment?

 

[jimi911]

You are going to need to take some lift out of that hull. Looking at in the pics it appears as though the hull will pack a lot of air. Notching the sponsons like the whiplash helps, but its tough. I have seen the sunny side of 80mph in a sport hydro and than seen my boat implode stuffing at that speed. It's a real tricky thing and the guys that do it well know their stuff and have likely wrecked enough gear to learn some hard lessons like me.

Another option might be an air dam at the front of the tunnel to impede the air flow. I have not tried that on any of my hulls, but have seen people do it for oval setups in 1/8 scales.

 

[P THOMAS]

Not sure what you trying to do there. that style hydro not likely to see 90 or stable.

 

[hugh hargett]

Im going to modify it greatly Mr Thomas. Not saying I will hit 90 but thats my goal. Im going to change alot though.

 

[hugh hargett]

Mr Thomas what do you think about this one: